2010 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 02 - School Districts
53A-2-206.5 - Definitions.

53A-2-206.5. Definitions.
As used in Sections 53A-2-207 through 53A-2-213:
(1) "Early enrollment" means application prior to the third Friday in February for admission for the next school year to a school that is not a student's school of residence.
(2) (a) "Early enrollment school capacity" or "maximum capacity" means the total number of students who could be served in a school building if each of the building's instructional stations were to have the enrollment specified in Subsection (2)(b).
(b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii):
(A) for an elementary school, an instructional station shall have an enrollment at least equal to the school district's average class size for the corresponding grade; and
(B) for a middle, junior, or senior high school, an instructional station shall have an enrollment at least equal to the district's average class size for similar classes.
(ii) (A) A local school board shall determine the instructional station capacity for laboratories, physical education facilities, shops, study halls, self-contained special education classrooms, facilities jointly financed by the school district and another community agency for joint use, and similar rooms.
(B) Capacity for self-contained special education classrooms shall be based upon students per class as defined by State Board of Education and federal special education standards.
(3) (a) "Instructional station" means a classroom, laboratory, shop, study hall, or physical education facility to which a local board of education could reasonably assign a class, teacher, or program during a given class period.
(b) More than one instructional station may be assigned to a classroom, laboratory, shop, study hall, or physical education facility during a class period.
(4) "Late enrollment" means application:
(a) after the third Friday in February for admission for the next school year to a school that is not the student's school of residence; or
(b) for admission for the current year to a school that is not the student's school of residence.
(5) (a) "Late enrollment school capacity" or "adjusted capacity" means the total number of students who could be served in a school if each teacher were to have the class size specified in Subsection (5)(b).
(b) (i) An elementary school teacher shall have a class size at least equal to the district's average class size for the corresponding grade.
(ii) A middle, junior, or senior high school teacher shall have a class size at least equal to the district's average class size for similar classes.
(6) "Nonresident student" means a student who lives outside the boundaries of the school attendance area.
(7) "Open enrollment threshold" means:
(a) for early enrollment, a projected school enrollment level that is the greater of:
(i) 90% of the maximum capacity; or
(ii) maximum capacity minus 40 students; and
(b) for late enrollment, actual school enrollment that is the greater of:
(i) 90% of adjusted capacity; or
(ii) adjusted capacity minus 40 students.
(8) "Projected school enrollment" means the current year enrollment of a school as of

October 1, adjusted for projected growth for the next school year.
(9) "School attendance area" means an area established by a local school board from which students are assigned to attend a certain school.
(10) "School of residence" means the school to which a student is assigned to attend based on the student's place of residence.

Enacted by Chapter 346, 2008 General Session